Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages S45-S50 , December 2008

Use of Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Examine Subacute White Matter Injury Progression in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Gahl Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • David J. Mikulis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute, Division of Brain Imaging and Behaviour Systems, University Health Network, Toronto Western Division, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Kevin Ng, MBBS, FRANZCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Danielle DeSouza, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Robin E. Green, PhD, CPsych

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robin Green, PhD, CPsych, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 550 University Ave, Toronto, ON, M5G 2A2, Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Physicians' Services Incorporated, and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (grant nos. MOP-67072, 05-50, 2005-ABI-392).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.08.211

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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